jaxp/src/share/classes/org/xml/sax/Locator.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2000-2005 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Sun designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Sun in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+ * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
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+ */
+
+// SAX locator interface for document events.
+// http://www.saxproject.org
+// No warranty; no copyright -- use this as you will.
+// $Id: Locator.java,v 1.2 2004/11/03 22:55:32 jsuttor Exp $
+
+package org.xml.sax;
+
+
+/**
+ * Interface for associating a SAX event with a document location.
+ *
+ * <blockquote>
+ * <em>This module, both source code and documentation, is in the
+ * Public Domain, and comes with <strong>NO WARRANTY</strong>.</em>
+ * See <a href='http://www.saxproject.org'>http://www.saxproject.org</a>
+ * for further information.
+ * </blockquote>
+ *
+ * <p>If a SAX parser provides location information to the SAX
+ * application, it does so by implementing this interface and then
+ * passing an instance to the application using the content
+ * handler's {@link org.xml.sax.ContentHandler#setDocumentLocator
+ * setDocumentLocator} method.  The application can use the
+ * object to obtain the location of any other SAX event
+ * in the XML source document.</p>
+ *
+ * <p>Note that the results returned by the object will be valid only
+ * during the scope of each callback method: the application
+ * will receive unpredictable results if it attempts to use the
+ * locator at any other time, or after parsing completes.</p>
+ *
+ * <p>SAX parsers are not required to supply a locator, but they are
+ * very strongly encouraged to do so.  If the parser supplies a
+ * locator, it must do so before reporting any other document events.
+ * If no locator has been set by the time the application receives
+ * the {@link org.xml.sax.ContentHandler#startDocument startDocument}
+ * event, the application should assume that a locator is not
+ * available.</p>
+ *
+ * @since SAX 1.0
+ * @author David Megginson
+ * @see org.xml.sax.ContentHandler#setDocumentLocator
+ */
+public interface Locator {
+
+
+    /**
+     * Return the public identifier for the current document event.
+     *
+     * <p>The return value is the public identifier of the document
+     * entity or of the external parsed entity in which the markup
+     * triggering the event appears.</p>
+     *
+     * @return A string containing the public identifier, or
+     *         null if none is available.
+     * @see #getSystemId
+     */
+    public abstract String getPublicId ();
+
+
+    /**
+     * Return the system identifier for the current document event.
+     *
+     * <p>The return value is the system identifier of the document
+     * entity or of the external parsed entity in which the markup
+     * triggering the event appears.</p>
+     *
+     * <p>If the system identifier is a URL, the parser must resolve it
+     * fully before passing it to the application.  For example, a file
+     * name must always be provided as a <em>file:...</em> URL, and other
+     * kinds of relative URI are also resolved against their bases.</p>
+     *
+     * @return A string containing the system identifier, or null
+     *         if none is available.
+     * @see #getPublicId
+     */
+    public abstract String getSystemId ();
+
+
+    /**
+     * Return the line number where the current document event ends.
+     * Lines are delimited by line ends, which are defined in
+     * the XML specification.
+     *
+     * <p><strong>Warning:</strong> The return value from the method
+     * is intended only as an approximation for the sake of diagnostics;
+     * it is not intended to provide sufficient information
+     * to edit the character content of the original XML document.
+     * In some cases, these "line" numbers match what would be displayed
+     * as columns, and in others they may not match the source text
+     * due to internal entity expansion.  </p>
+     *
+     * <p>The return value is an approximation of the line number
+     * in the document entity or external parsed entity where the
+     * markup triggering the event appears.</p>
+     *
+     * <p>If possible, the SAX driver should provide the line position
+     * of the first character after the text associated with the document
+     * event.  The first line is line 1.</p>
+     *
+     * @return The line number, or -1 if none is available.
+     * @see #getColumnNumber
+     */
+    public abstract int getLineNumber ();
+
+
+    /**
+     * Return the column number where the current document event ends.
+     * This is one-based number of Java <code>char</code> values since
+     * the last line end.
+     *
+     * <p><strong>Warning:</strong> The return value from the method
+     * is intended only as an approximation for the sake of diagnostics;
+     * it is not intended to provide sufficient information
+     * to edit the character content of the original XML document.
+     * For example, when lines contain combining character sequences, wide
+     * characters, surrogate pairs, or bi-directional text, the value may
+     * not correspond to the column in a text editor's display. </p>
+     *
+     * <p>The return value is an approximation of the column number
+     * in the document entity or external parsed entity where the
+     * markup triggering the event appears.</p>
+     *
+     * <p>If possible, the SAX driver should provide the line position
+     * of the first character after the text associated with the document
+     * event.  The first column in each line is column 1.</p>
+     *
+     * @return The column number, or -1 if none is available.
+     * @see #getLineNumber
+     */
+    public abstract int getColumnNumber ();
+
+}
+
+// end of Locator.java